What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87962 and 87971?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87962 and 87971 is 1.

GCF(87962,87971) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87962 and 87971, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87962 and 87971.

How to find the GCF of 87962 and 87971?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87962 and 87971. After we will calculate the factors of 87962 and 87971 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87962

Prime factors of 87962 are 2, 7, 61, 103. Prime factorization of 87962 in exponential form is:

87962 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 61¹ × 103¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87971

Prime factors of 87971 are 13, 67, 101. Prime factorization of 87971 in exponential form is:

87971 = 13¹ × 67¹ × 101¹

Step-3: Factors of 87962

List of positive integer factors of 87962 that divides 87962 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 61, 103, 122, 206, 427, 721, 854, 1442, 6283, 12566, 43981

Step-4: Factors of 87971

List of positive integer factors of 87971 that divides 87962 without a remainder.

1, 13, 67, 101, 871, 1313, 6767

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87962 and 87971. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87962 and 87971 is 1.

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